Monday, November 29, 2010

LESSON PLAN FOR WEEK OF 12-13-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:
CH15: Crash & Depression 1929-1933
Benchmark 5 - Indicators 1-4

Section 1: Stock Market Crash
Section 2: Social Effects of the Depression
Section 3: Surviving
Section 4: Election of 1932

1)Review and prep.
2) Test

CH 16: THE NEW DEAL - 1933-1941
Section 1: Initiation of New Deal - FDR
Section 2: Critics
Section 3: Last Days
Benchmark 5 - Indicators 1 & 2

1) Reading assignment and W.S.
2) Lecture and notes
3) Video


AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
Chapter 14: Civil War
*Lincoln's Cabinet
*Fort Sumter
*North and South Comparison
*Politics
*Theaters of war
*Decisive battles
*Emancipation Proclamation
*Draft riots
*Emancipated People


PSYCHOLOGY:
Chapter 14: Stress and Health
*Stressors & Illness
*Promoting Health/Coping

Chapter 15: Personality
*Psychoanalytic Perspective
*Humanistic Perspective
*Trait Perspective
*Social-Cognitive Perspective
*Exploring the Self

LESSON PLAN FOR WEEK OF 12-06-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:
Begin Chapter 14
Politics and Prosperity, 1920-1929
Section 1 - Republican Decade
Section 2 - Business Boom
Section 3 - Economy of the late 1920s

1) PREP & ASSESSMENT

CH15: Crash & Depression 1929-1933
Benchmark 5 - Indicators 1-4

Section 1: Stock Market Crash
Section 2: Social Effects of the Depression
Section 3: Surviving
Section 4: Election of 1932
1) Lecture and quiz on causes of the depression.
2) Video on the Dust Bowl
3) Archival research of primary sources of the Great Depression.
4) Worksheets on reading assignment.


AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
Chapter 13: The Coming of Civil War
*Bleeding Kansas
*Dred Scott Decision
*Emergence of Lincoln
*John Brown's raids
*Election of 1860
*Secession Crisis

Research and Assessment

PSYCHOLOGY:
Chapter 13: Emotion
*Theories of Emotion
*Embodied Emotion
*Expressed Emotion
*Experienced Emotion

1) Intro and lecture
2) Written assignment/terminology
3) Research and discussion

Chapter 14: Stress and Health
*Stressors & Illness
*Promoting Health/Coping

LESSON PLAN FOR WEEK OF 11-29-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:
Chapter 13: "Roaring Twenties"
Benchmark 4 - Indicators 4, 6
Benchmark 5 - Indicator 1

Section 1: Society in the 1920s
Section 2: Mass Media and the Jazz Age
Section 3: Cultural Conflicts

1) Test Prep
2) Chapter 13 Test

Begin Chapter 14
Politics and Prosperity, 1920-1929
Section 1 - Republican Decade
Section 2 - Business Boom
Section 3 - Economy of the late 1920s

1) Terms, notes, worksheets
2) Video - Great Depression & Dustbowl
3) Lecture/Discussion in class.


AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
Chapter 11: Westward Expansion
Texas, Manifest Destiny, California & Oregon, Election of 1844, War with Mexico, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Slavery issues.
Class Project: Debate of two sides of Congress -
1) Should slavery in the U.S. be abolished completely?
2) If allowed, should slavery be allowed in new states as they enter the union?
3) What procedure, if slavery is allowed to spread, is best for determination of "slave" or "free" state?

Chapter 12: The Sections Go Their Ways
*The South
*Economics of Slavery
*Antebellum Plantation Life
*Sociology of Slavery
*Psychological effects of Slavery

Chapter 13: The Coming of Civil War
*Bleeding Kansas
*Dred Scott Decision
*Emergence of Lincoln
*John Brown's raids
*Election of 1860
*Secession Crisis

PSYCHOLOGY:
Chapter 12: Motivation & Work
*Perspectives of Motivation
*Hunger
*Sexual Motivation
*The Need To Belong
*Motivation at work
1) Terms and crossword assignment
2) Online research assignment
3) In-class discussion of basis of motivation

Chapter 13: Emotion
*Theories of Emotion
*Embodied Emotion
*Expressed Emotion
*Experienced Emotion

1) Intro and lecture
2) Written assignment/terminology
3) Research and discussion

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

LESSON PLAN FOR WEEK OF 11-08-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:
Chapter 13: "Roaring Twenties"
Benchmark 4 - Indicators 4, 6
Benchmark 5 - Indicator 1

Section 1: Society in the 1920s
Section 2: Mass Media and the Jazz Age
Section 3: Cultural Conflicts

1) Cover Ch. 12 Test w/class
2) Ch. 13 Terms and Text assignment
3) Ch. 13 Notes & Lecture
4) Quiz
5) Video
6) Worksheets prepping for test.

AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
Chapter 8: Toward a National Economy
1) Gentility & the Consumer Revolution
2) Birth of the Factory
3) An Industrial Proletriat?
4) Lowell's Waltham System: Women as Factory Workers
5) Irish & German Immigrants
6) Household System
7) Rise of Corporations
8) Cotton Revolutionizes the South
9) Revival of Slavery
10) Roads to Market
11) Transportation and the Government
12) Steamboats
13) Canals
14) New York City
15) Marshall Court

1) Class discussion on open-ended questions pertaining to employment and employers during the rise of cities and big business expansion in the U.S.
2) Chapters 7 & 8 TEST

PSYCHOLOGY:
1) Learning Styles Assessment. Online found at http://www.learning-styles-online.com/inventory
2) Begin Chapter 9: Memory
a) Phenomenon of Memory
b) Encoding
c) Storage
d) Retrieval
e) Forgetting
f) Memory construction

Define terms for Chapter 9. Read text pgs. 349-392
Lecture/Notes
Video on Memory

LESSON PLAN FOR WEEK OF 11-01-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:
CHAPTER 12 - W.W. I Era 1914-1920
Section 1 - Road To War
Section 2 - U.S. Declares War
Section 3 - Americans on the European Front
Section 4 - Homefront
Section 5 - Global Peacemaker

Benchmark 4, Indicators 1-5

1) Assignment: Define Ch. 12 Terms and answer questions.
2) Reading assignment
3) Chapter 12 Notes and Lecture
4) Outside reading materials: "Causes of W.W. I", "Trench Warfare", "Armistice and Treaties"
5) Crossword puzzle & W.S.

AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
Chapter 8: Toward a National Economy
1) Gentility & the Consumer Revolution
2) Birth of the Factory
3) An Industrial Proletriat?
4) Lowell's Waltham System: Women as Factory Workers
5) Irish & German Immigrants
6) Household System
7) Rise of Corporations
8) Cotton Revolutionizes the South
9) Revival of Slavery
10) Roads to Market
11) Transportation and the Government
12) Steamboats
13) Canals
14) New York City
15) Marshall Court

1) Class discussion on open-ended questions pertaining to employment and employers during the rise of cities and big business expansion in the U.S.
2) Chapters 7 & 8 TEST

PSYCHOLOGY:
1) Learning Styles Assessment. Online found at http://www.learning-styles-online.com/inventory
2) Begin Chapter 9: Memory
a) Phenomenon of Memory
b) Encoding
c) Storage
d) Retrieval
e) Forgetting
f) Memory construction

Define terms for Chapter 9. Read text pgs. 349-392
Lecture/Notes
Video on Memory

Monday, October 4, 2010

LESSON PLANS FOR WEEK OF 10-04-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:
CHAPTER 9: Life at the Turn of the Century (1870-1915)
Section 1 - Expansion of Education
Section 2 - Entertainment
Section 3 - Jim Crow
Section 4 - Roles of Women

(1) Terms & Questions
(2) Reading assignment pgs. 320-341
(3) Video: Mr. Sears Catalog
(4) Notes & Lecture

AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):

Chapter 5: "The Federalist Era: Nationalism Triumphant"

Constitution and New Republic, 1776–1800
  • Philadelphia Convention: drafting the Constitution
  • Federalists versus Anti-Federalists
  • Bill of Rights
  • Washington's presidency
    • Hamilton's financial program
    • Foreign and domestic difficulties
    • Beginnings of political parties
  • John Adams' presidency
    • Alien and Sedition Acts
    • XYZ affair
    • Election of 1800
    1) Notes
  • 2) Points of Mastery - Discussion
  • 3) Key Terms
PSYCHOLOGY:
Begin Chapter 5 - Sensation: Basic Principles
1) Thresholds
2) Sensory Adaptation
3) Vision
4) Hearing
5) Touch, Taste, Smell, Body Position and Movement

* Define key terms
*Read pgs. 197-235
*Notes/Lecture
*Class Activity

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

LESSON PLANS WEEK OF 9-27-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:
Chapter 8 - Politics, Immigration, & Urban Life 1870-1915
*Benchmark 3 - Indicators 1,2, & 3
Section 1: Gilded Age Politics
Section 2: People On The Move
Section 3: Challenge of the Cities
Section 4: Ideas for Reform

(1) Finish and turn in Ch. 8 Terms & Timeline Monday.
(2) Go over Ch. 7 Test with class Tuesday.
(3) Notes & Lecture including items of local interest including Appeal to Reason and The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
(4) Wednesday - 1/2 Day Inservice
(5) Worksheets over text reading assignment

AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
Chapters 3 & 4:
  • America and the British Empire, 1650–1754
    • Mercantilism; the Dominion of New England
  • Colonial Society in the Mid-Eighteenth Century
    • Culture
      • Great Awakening
      • The American Mind
  • Road to Revolution, 1754–1775
    • Anglo-French rivalries and Seven Years' War
    • Imperial reorganization of 1763
      • Stamp Act
      • Declaratory Act
      • Townshend Acts
      • Boston Tea Party
    • Philosophy of the American Revolution
  • The American Revolution, 1775–1783
    • The Continental Congress
    • Declaration of Independence
    • The war
      • French Alliance
      • War and society; Loyalists
      • War economy
    • Articles of Confederation
    • Peace of Paris
    • Creating state governments
      • Political organization
1) Finish Ch. 3 TEST Monday
2) Chapter 4 PowerPoint
3) Lecture
4) Prep. for Ch. 4 TEST
5) Ch. 4 TEST on Thursday & Friday.

LESSON PLANS WEEK OF 9-20-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:
Chapter 7 - "Looking West" (1860-1900)
*Benchmark 3-Indicator 3
*Benchmark 4-Indicator 1

Section 1 - Moving West
Section 2 - Conflict w/Native Americans
Section 3 - Mining, Ranching, Farming
Section 4 - Populism/Socialism in America
1) Cover Ch. 7 Worksheets with class.
2) Ch. 7 Test Prep. Items
3) Review
4) Wednesday: Chapter 7 TEST
5) Begin Ch. 8 Politics, Immigration, & Urban Life 1870-1915.
*Benchmark 3 - Indicators 1,2,3

AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
Chapters 3 & 4:
  • America and the British Empire, 1650–1754
    • Mercantilism; the Dominion of New England
  • Colonial Society in the Mid-Eighteenth Century
    • Culture
      • Great Awakening
      • The American Mind
  • Road to Revolution, 1754–1775
    • Anglo-French rivalries and Seven Years' War
    • Imperial reorganization of 1763
      • Stamp Act
      • Declaratory Act
      • Townshend Acts
      • Boston Tea Party
    • Philosophy of the American Revolution
  • The American Revolution, 1775–1783
    • The Continental Congress
    • Declaration of Independence
    • The war
      • French Alliance
      • War and society; Loyalists
      • War economy
    • Articles of Confederation
    • Peace of Paris
    • Creating state governments
      • Political organization
1) Discuss Mastery Questions in class.
2) PowerPoint
3) Primary Sources - Elmo
4) Chapter 3 Test Prep.
5) Friday: Chapter 3 TEST

PSYCHOLOGY:
1) CHAPTER 3 - Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity
* Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences
* Evolutionary Psychology: Understanding Human Nature
* Parents and peers
* Cultural Influences
* Gender Development


**Notes/Lecture
**Video
**Review W.S.
Chapter 3 TEST

LESSON PLANS WEEK OF 9-13-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:
Chapter 7 - "Looking West" (1860-1900)
*Benchmark 3-Indicator 3
*Benchmark 4-Indicator 1

Section 1 - Moving West
Section 2 - Conflict w/Native Americans
Section 3 - Mining, Ranching, Farming
Section 4 - Populism/Socialism in America

1) Define Terms and read pages 256-282.
2) Video "Into The West"
3) Notes on Ch. 7
4) Lecture


AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
Chapters 3 & 4:
  • America and the British Empire, 1650–1754
    • Mercantilism; the Dominion of New England
  • Colonial Society in the Mid-Eighteenth Century
    • Culture
      • Great Awakening
      • The American Mind
  • Road to Revolution, 1754–1775
    • Anglo-French rivalries and Seven Years' War
    • Imperial reorganization of 1763
      • Stamp Act
      • Declaratory Act
      • Townshend Acts
      • Boston Tea Party
    • Philosophy of the American Revolution
  • The American Revolution, 1775–1783
    • The Continental Congress
    • Declaration of Independence
    • The war
      • French Alliance
      • War and society; Loyalists
      • War economy
    • Articles of Confederation
    • Peace of Paris
    • Creating state governments
      • Political organization

5) PowerPoint on Chapter 3 & Chapter 4
6) Lecture

PSYCHOLOGY:
1) CHAPTER 3 - Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity
* Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences
* Evolutionary Psychology: Understanding Human Nature
* Parents and peers
* Cultural Influences
* Gender Development


**Notes/Lecture
**Video
**Review W.S.

LESSON PLANS WEEK OF 9-7-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:
1) Will use biography info. on Edison and Bell to answer 6 insight questions.
2) Chapter 6 Test Prep. items given to class.
3) Review with class.
4) Video: "Transcontinental Railroad"
5) Chapter 6 TEST on Friday.

AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
1) Go over Chapter 1 Test w/class.
2) Begin Chapter 2 Test, to be finished by Wed. at end of class.
3) Go over Chapter 2 Test w/class.
4) Intro to Chapters 3 & 4
  • America and the British Empire, 1650–1754
    • Mercantilism; the Dominion of New England
  • Colonial Society in the Mid-Eighteenth Century
    • Culture
      • Great Awakening
      • The American Mind
  • Road to Revolution, 1754–1775
    • Anglo-French rivalries and Seven Years' War
    • Imperial reorganization of 1763
      • Stamp Act
      • Declaratory Act
      • Townshend Acts
      • Boston Tea Party
    • Philosophy of the American Revolution
  • The American Revolution, 1775–1783
    • The Continental Congress
    • Declaration of Independence
    • The war
      • French Alliance
      • War and society; Loyalists
      • War economy
    • Articles of Confederation
    • Peace of Paris
    • Creating state governments
      • Political organization

5) PowerPoint on Chapter 3 & Chapter 4

PSYCHOLOGY:
1) CHAPTER 2 - Neuroscience & Behavior
* Neural Communication
* Nervous System
* Endocrine System
*The Brain

**Notes/Lecture
**Video
**Review W.S.

LESSON PLANS WEEK OF 8-30-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:
1) Cover Ch. 5 Test w/class.
2) Ch. 6 Terms and reading assignment
3) Notes
4) W.S. follow-up on text reading
5) Video - Industrial Age in America
6) Lecture/Discussion
7) Video - Andrew Carnegie


AMERICAN HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT COURSE):
1) Chapters 1 & 2 Terms
2) Chapter review questions (all short answer and short essay)
3) Friday: Chapter 1 & 2 TEST (multiple choice and T-F)

PSYCHOLOGY:
1) CHAPTER 1 - Thinking critically with psychological science.
* Need for psychological science.
* Description
*Correlation
*Experimentation
* Statistical Reasoning
* FAQ about Psychology

**Notes/Lecture
**Video
**Review W.S.

LESSON PLANS WEEK OF 8-23-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:
1) COVER FAMILY HISTORY SURVEYS IN CLASS TOGETHER
2) TERMS/QUESTIONS DUE
3) NOTES OVER SECTIONS 1-4
CHAPTER 5-"RECONSTRUCTION"1865-1877
BENCHMARK 2 INDICATORS 2,3
4) ASSIGN W.S. OVER READING COMPREHENSION - DUE WED. @ END OF CLASS.
5) LECTURE


AMERICAN HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT COURSE):
1) POWERPOINT ON CHAPTERS 1 & 2
  • Discovery and Settlement of the New World, 1492–1650
    • Europe in the sixteenth century
    • Spanish, English, and French exploration
    • First English settlements
      • Jamestown
      • Plymouth
    • Spanish and French settlements and long-term influence
    • American Indians
  • America and the British Empire, 1650–1754
    • Chesapeake country
    • Growth of New England
    • Restoration colonies
    • Mercantilism; the Dominion of New England
    • Origins of slavery
  • Colonial Society in the Mid-Eighteenth Century
    • Social structure
      • Family
      • Farm and town life; the economy
    • New immigrants
PSYCHOLOGY:
1) CHAPTER 1 - Thinking critically with psychological science.
* Need for psychological science.
* Description
*Correlation
*Experimentation
* Statistical Reasoning
* FAQ about Psychology

**Notes/Lecture
**Video
**Review W.S.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

LESSON PLANS FOR 5-3-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:
Begin Chapter 25: NIXON, FORD, CARTER (1968-1981)
Section 1 - Nixon's Domestic Policy
Section 2 - Nixon's Foreign Policy
Section 3 - Watergate Scandal
Section 4 - The Ford Adminstration
Section 5 - The Carter Administration

1) Terms
2) Video
3)Lecture/Notes
4) Review
5) TEST

AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
2nd Semester: Reconstruction to Present

Chapter 18 - W.W. II: Americans at War (1941-1945)
Benchmark 5, Indicators 3-6

Section 1 - Mobilization
Section 2 - Retaking Europe
Section 3 - The Holocaust
Section 4 - The War in the Pacific
Section 5 - Social Impact of the War

1) Notes
2) Lecture
3) Worksheets on text reading assignment
4) Video - D Day/Normandy Invasion
5) Video - Holocaust

LESSON PLANS FOR 4-26-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:
Begin Chapter 24: The Vietnam War (1954-1975)
Section 1 - The War Unfolds
Section 2 - Fighting the War
Section 3 - Political Divisions
Section 4 - The End of the War

1) Terms
2) Video
3)Lecture/Notes
4) Review
5) TEST

AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
2nd Semester: Reconstruction to Present

Chapter 15: Crash & Depression
Benchmark - 5, Indicator 1

Section 1: The Stock Market Crash
Section 2: Social Effects of the Depression
Section 3: Surviving the Great Depression
Section 4: The Election of 1932

1) Terms
2) Reading assignment: "SE KS During the Depression"
3) Lecture/Notes
4) Video

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

LESSON PLANS FOR 4-19-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:
Begin Chapter 24: The Vietnam War (1954-1975)
Section 1 - The War Unfolds
Section 2 - Fighting the War
Section 3 - Political Divisions
Section 4 - The End of the War

1) Terms
2) Video
3)Lecture/Notes
4) Review
5) TEST

AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
2nd Semester: Reconstruction to Present

Chapter 15: Crash & Depression
Benchmark - 5, Indicator 1

Section 1: The Stock Market Crash
Section 2: Social Effects of the Depression
Section 3: Surviving the Great Depression
Section 4: The Election of 1932

1) Terms
2) Reading assignment: "SE KS During the Depression"
3) Lecture/Notes
4) Video

LESSON PLANS FOR 4-12-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:
Chapter 22 - The Kennedy & Johnson Years
Section 1: The New Frontier
Section 2: The Great Society
Section 3: Foreign Policy in the early 1960s

Benchmark - 5.3
Indicators - 5.3.6, 5.3.9

Chapter 23 - Section 1 Only
The Women's Movement

Benchmark: 5.3 Indicators: 5.3.4, 5.3.5, 5.3.7

1) Review
2) TEST

Begin Chapter 24: The Vietnam War (1954-1975)
Section 1 - The War Unfolds
Section 2 - Fighting the War
Section 3 - Political Divisions
Section 4 - The End of the War

1) Terms
2) Video
3)Lecture/Notes

AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
2nd Semester: Reconstruction to Present
Chapter 12 - World War I Era 1914-1920
Section 1: Road To War
Section 2: U.S. Declares War
Section 3: Americans on the European Front
Section 4: Homefront
Section 5: Global Peacemaker

Benchmark - 4
Indicators - 1-5

1) Review
2) TEST

Chapter 13: Postwar Social Change (1920-1929)
Section 1 - Society in the 1920s
Section 2 - Mass Media and the Jazz Age
Section 3 - Cultural Conflicts

Benchmark 4, Indicator 4, 6
Benchmark 5, Indicator 1

1) Terms, Questions
2) Video

LESSON PLANS FOR 4-05-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:
Chapter 22 - The Kennedy & Johnson Years
Section 1: The New Frontier
Section 2: The Great Society
Section 3: Foreign Policy in the early 1960s

Benchmark - 5.3
Indicators - 5.3.6, 5.3.9

1) Terms
2) Lecture/Notes
3) Video
4) Worksheets

AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
2nd Semester: Reconstruction to Present
Chapter 12 - World War I Era 1914-1920
Section 1: Road To War
Section 2: U.S. Declares War
Section 3: Americans on the European Front
Section 4: Homefront
Section 5: Global Peacemaker

Benchmark - 4
Indicators - 1-5

1) Go over Ch. 11 Test w/class
2) Chapter 12 Terms & Reading assignment
3) Notes/Lecture
4) Video

LESSON PLANS FOR 3-29-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:
CHAPTER 21 - The Civil Rights Movement (1950-1968)
Section 1: Demands for Civil Rights
Section 2: Leaders and Strategies
Section 3: The Struggle Intensifies
Section 4: The Political Response
Section 5: The Movement Takes a New Turn

Benchmark 5.3
Indicator 5.3.7, 5.3.9

1) Terms
2) Lecture/P.P./Notes
3) Worksheets
4) Section Questions
5) Video
6) Research Project

AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
2nd Semester: Reconstruction to Present
Chapter 11 - The Progressive Reform Era (1890-1920)
Section 1: The Origins of Progressivism
Section 2: Progessive Legislation
Section 3: Progressivism Under Taft and Wilson
Section 4: Suffrage at Last

Benchmark 4, Indicators 1,3

LESSON PLANS FOR 3-22-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:
Chapter 20 - The Postwar Years at Home (1945-1960)
Section 1 - The Postwar Economy
Section 2 - The Mood of the 1950s
Section 3 - Domestic Politics and Policy

Benchmark: 5.3
Indicators - 5.3.3, 5.3.5

1) Review
2) Lecture/P.P./Notes
3) Worksheet
4) Test Prep
5) Test Thursday
6) Start Chapter 21 - Terms


AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
2nd Semester: Reconstruction to Present
Chapter 10 - Becoming a World Power (1890-1915)
Section 1 - Pressure to Expand
Section 2 - Spanish-American War
Section 3 - New Foreign Policy
Section 4 - Debating America's New Role

Benchmark: 4
Indicator - 1

1) Terms
2) Read pgs. 350-375
3) Chapter 10 Notes and Worksheets
4) Spanish-American War/Filipino-American War
Literature - Questions - Comparisons
5) Test Prep. Items
6) Review

LESSON PLANS FOR 3-01-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:
Chapter 19 - The Cold War (1945 - 1960)
*Benchmark 5.3 - Indicators 1 - 6

Section 1: Origins of the Cold War
Section 2: The Cold War Heats Up
Section 3: The Korean War
Section 4: The Continuing Cold War

1) Video: Building the Superbomb
2) Reading assignment - Notes/Lecture
3) Complete worksheets
4) Review - Test Prep.
5) Thursday: Chapter 19 TEST
6) Intro to Chapter 20 - Postwar years at home (1945-1960


AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
2nd Semester: Reconstruction to Present
Chapter 9: Life at the Turn of the Century (1870-1915)
Section 1 - Expansion of Education
Section 2 - Entertainment
Section 3 - Jim Crow
Section 4 - Roles of Women

1) Terms, Reading pgs. 320-341, questions/charts
2) Notes/Lecture
3) Video
4) Worksheets

LESSON PLANS FOR 2-22-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:
Chapter 19 - The Cold War (1945 - 1960)
*Benchmark 5.3 - Indicators 1 - 6

Section 1: Origins of the Cold War
Section 2: The Cold War Heats Up
Section 3: The Korean War
Section 4: The Continuing Cold War

1) Notes/Lecture (use of PowerPoint)
2) Assign Terms & Reading
3) Timeline of Chapter
4) Worksheets
5) Video



AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
2nd Semester: Reconstruction to Present
Chapter 8: Politics, Immigration, and Urban Life 1870-1915

* Benchmark 3 - Indicators 1-3
Section 1: Gilded Age Politics
Section 2: People on the Move
Section 3: Challenge of the Cities
Section 4: Ideas for Reform

1) Video - Immigration & Cities
2) Notes & Lecture
3) Local History PowerPoint
4) Test Prep.
5) Friday: TEST on Chapter 8

LESSON PLANS FOR 2-16-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:
Chapter 18 - W.W. II: Americans at War (1941-1945)
Benchmark 5, Indicators 3-6

Section 1 - Mobilization
Section 2 - Retaking Europe
Section 3 - The Holocaust
Section 4 - The War in the Pacific
Section 5 - Social Impact of the War

1) Video: Race for the Superbomb
2) Test Prep. items & Review
3) TEST on Ch. 18 - FRIDAY



AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
2nd Semester: Reconstruction to Present
Chapter 8: Politics, Immigration, and Urban Life 1870-1915

* Benchmark 3 - Indicators 1-3
Section 1: Gilded Age Politics
Section 2: People on the Move
Section 3: Challenge of the Cities
Section 4: Ideas for Reform

1) Timeline pgs. 288-289
2) Define Terms & read pgs. 288-315
3) Notes/Lecture
4) Local interest items - Appeal To Reason, The Jungle - Upton Sinclair

LESSON PLANS FOR 2-08-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:
Chapter 18 - W.W. II: Americans at War (1941-1945)
Benchmark 5, Indicators 3-6

Section 1 - Mobilization
Section 2 - Retaking Europe
Section 3 - The Holocaust
Section 4 - The War in the Pacific
Section 5 - Social Impact of the War

1) Notes
2) Lecture
3) Worksheets on text reading assignment
4) Video - D Day/Normandy Invasion
5) Video - Holocaust



AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
2nd Semester: Reconstruction to Present
Chapter 7 - Looking "West" (1860-1900)
Benchmark 3 - Indicator 3
Benchmark 4 - Indicator 1

Section 1 - Moving West
Section 2 - Conflict w/ Native Americans
Section 3 - Mining, Ranching, Farming
Section 4 - Populism/Socialism in America

1) Notes
2) Worksheets over reading assignment
3) Lecture/Discussion
4) Review
5) Video - Populism/Socialism

LESSON PLANS FOR 2-01-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:

World War II: The Road To War 1931-1941

Benchmark 5 - Indicators 3-6

Section 1: Rise of Dictators
Section 2: Europe Goes To War
Section 3: Japan Builds an Empire
Section 4: From Isolationism to War

1) Cover Chapter 17 Quiz w/class
2) Test Prep. items
3) Chapter 17 TEST
4) Begin Ch. 18 - W.W. II



AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
2nd Semester: Reconstruction to Present
Chapter 6 - Expansion of American Industry (1850-1900)
Benchmark 3-Indicator 1
Section 1 - Technological Revolution
Section 2 - Growth of Big Business
Section 3 - Industrialization and Workers
Section 4 - Labor Strikes

1) Test prep. items
2) Chapter 6 TEST
3) Begin Chapter 7 - Looking "West" (1860-1900)
Benchmark 3 - Indicator 3
Benchmark 4 - Indicator 1

Section 1 - Moving West
Section 2 - Conflict w/ Native Americans
Section 3 - Mining, Ranching, Farming
Section 4 - Populism/Socialism in America

1) Define terms & Read pgs. 256-282

Thursday, January 21, 2010

LESSON PLANS FOR 01-25-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:
Chapter 18 - W.W. II: Americans at War (1941-1945)
Benchmark 5, Indicators 3-6

Section 1 - Mobilization
Section 2 - Retaking Europe
Section 3 - The Holocaust
Section 4 - The War in the Pacific
Section 5 - Social Impact of the War

1) Notes
2) Lecture
3) Worksheets on text reading assignment
4) Video - D Day/Normandy Invasion
5) Video - Holocaust



AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
2nd Semester: Reconstruction to Present
Chapter 7 - Looking "West" (1860-1900)
Benchmark 3 - Indicator 3
Benchmark 4 - Indicator 1

Section 1 - Moving West
Section 2 - Conflict w/ Native Americans
Section 3 - Mining, Ranching, Farming
Section 4 - Populism/Socialism in America

1) Notes
2) Worksheets over reading assignment
3) Lecture/Discussion
4) Review
5) Video - Populism/Socialism

LESSON PLANS FOR 01-18-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:

World War II: The Road To War 1931-1941

Benchmark 5 - Indicators 3-6

Section 1: Rise of Dictators
Section 2: Europe Goes To War
Section 3: Japan Builds an Empire
Section 4: From Isolationism to War

1) Terms, reading assignment - 560-589
2) Video: F.D.R. & Churchill
3) Lecture
4) Worksheets
5) Video: Pearl Harbor
6) Review



AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
2nd Semester: Reconstruction to Present
Chapter 6 - Expansion of American Industry (1850-1900)
Benchmark 3-Indicator 1
Section 1 - Technological Revolution
Section 2 - Growth of Big Business
Section 3 - Industrialization and Workers
Section 4 - Labor Strikes

1) Video: Andrew Carnegie
2) Lecture
3) Review & Test Prep.
4) Friday: Chapter 6 TEST

LESSON PLANS FOR 01-11-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:

CH 16: THE NEW DEAL - 1933-1941
Section 1: Initiation of New Deal - FDR
Section 2: Critics
Section 3: Last Days
Benchmark 5 - Indicators 1 & 2

1) Reading assignment and W.S.
2) Lecture and notes
3) Video
4) Review and Quiz


AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
2nd Semester: Reconstruction to Present
Chapter 5 - Reconstruction 1865-1877
Section 1: Presidential
Section 2: Congressional
Section 3: the "New South"
Section 4: the End of Reconstruction

Benchmark 2 - Indicators 2,3

1) W.S.
2) Cover w/class
3) Test Prep. items
4) Review
5) Friday- Chapter 5 TEST

LESSON PLANS FOR 01-05-10

AMERICAN HISTORY:

CH15: Crash & Depression 1929-1933
Benchmark 5 - Indicators 1-4

Section 1: Stock Market Crash
Section 2: Social Effects of the Depression
Section 3: Surviving
Section 4: Election of 1932
1) Lecture and quiz on causes of the depression.
2) Video on the Dust Bowl
3) Archival research of primary sources of the Great Depression.
4) Worksheets on reading assignment.


AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
2nd Semester: Reconstruction to Present
Chapter 5 - Reconstruction 1865-1877
Section 1: Presidential
Section 2: Congressional
Section 3: the "New South"
Section 4: the End of Reconstruction

Benchmark 2 - Indicators 2,3

1) Intro to terms, reading assignment pgs. 200-221 in text., focus questions to reinforce reading skills. Due at end of class Wed.
2) Notes & Lecture
3) Review & W.S.
4) Test

LESSON PLANS FOR 12-14-09

AMERICAN HISTORY:
Chapters 14 & 15 Summary
CH14: Politics & Prosperity 1920-1929
CH15: Crash & Depression 1929-1933
1) Open book test/WS
2) Video "Cinderella Man" Depression Era action-drama
3) Test Prep for finals

AM. HISTORY 101 (COLLEGE CREDIT):
1) Video series on Civil War
2) Prep for finals